* Save Layers in seperate files. Little Helper for Multilayer [[TIFF]]. If you are using multilayer tiff with GIMP for optimizing blending with [[enblend]], you might need this script for saving every layer to a seperate file. Download [http://www.panoclub.de/needstuff/gimp/scripts/continous_save.zip continous_save.zip]

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* Save Layers in separate files. Little Helper for Multilayer [[TIFF]]. If you are using multilayer tiff with GIMP for optimizing blending with [[enblend]], you might need this script for saving every layer to a seperate file. Download [http://www.panoclub.de/needstuff/gimp/scripts/continous_save.zip continous_save.zip]

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* [http://ufraw.sourceforge.net/ UFRaw] is a plugin for the gimp based on [[dcraw]] for reading [[RAW]] files from digital cameras.

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* [[Media:save-layers-tiff.scm|save-layers-tiff]] is a GIMP script which makes it easy to edit multi-layer TIFFs and send the results to enblend; see [[Multi-Layer TIFF editing with the Gimp]].

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== Gimp drawbacks ==

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* [[UFRaw]] is a plugin for the gimp based on [[dcraw]] for reading [[RAW]] files from digital cameras.

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* The gimp doesn't currently support greater than 8 bits per pixel, ie. is doesn't support 16 bit per pixel high [[dynamic range]] images, though this is a target for future versions. However, there is a fork of the Gimp called [http://cinepaint.sourceforge.net/ Cinepaint] that already supports 16 bits per pixel.

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* [http://www.logarithmic.net/pfh/resynthesizer resynthesizer] is a very useful plugin that can be used for filling-in missing parts of stitched images.

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* The gimp doesn't support CMS color profiles for anything more than simple conversions.

* [http://www.haypocalc.com/wiki/Gimp_Plugin_GREYCstoration GREYCstoration] is a plugin for sophisticated [[Noise Removal]].

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* [http://refocus-it.sourceforge.net/ Refocus-it], a plugin for [[sharpening]] images based on a minimum of the error function using a Hopfield neural network.

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== Notes for panoramic imaging ==

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A single layer of an [[equirectangular Projection|equirectangular]] panorama generated using

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standard techniques can easily consume more than 100 MegaBytes of memory, whereas the default gimp

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cache size is more suitable for single photographs.

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So to speed things up for panoramas, in ''File -> Preferences -> Environment -> Resource consumption''

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change ''Tile cache size'' to a significant portion of your available memory.

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== Gimp drawbacks ==

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* The gimp doesn't currently support greater than 8 bits per channel, ie. it doesn't support high [[dynamic range]] images, though this is a target for future versions. However, there is a fork of the Gimp called [[Cinepaint]] that already supports 16 bit depth and [[HDR]] images.

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Latest revision as of 18:05, 16 February 2009

The Gimp is
the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a sophisticated cross platform image editor. The Gimp is Free Software.

Save Layers in separate files. Little Helper for Multilayer TIFF. If you are using multilayer tiff with GIMP for optimizing blending with enblend, you might need this script for saving every layer to a seperate file. Download continous_save.zip

Refocus-it, a plugin for sharpening images based on a minimum of the error function using a Hopfield neural network.

Notes for panoramic imaging

A single layer of an equirectangular panorama generated using
standard techniques can easily consume more than 100 MegaBytes of memory, whereas the default gimp
cache size is more suitable for single photographs.
So to speed things up for panoramas, in File -> Preferences -> Environment -> Resource consumption
change Tile cache size to a significant portion of your available memory.

Gimp drawbacks

The gimp doesn't currently support greater than 8 bits per channel, ie. it doesn't support high dynamic range images, though this is a target for future versions. However, there is a fork of the Gimp called Cinepaint that already supports 16 bit depth and HDR images.